CHAr.5. Epi file to the 7heffalonians. Vfi &.11. There be, that limit filch abflinence to matter of Do- ¿trine only ;dependence ofthe Text favours that limita- tion : yet it is good they fay,ampliare pracepta, our duty to keeps aloofe from euill in manners, as well as in Do- (trine : thinke the precept to concerne as well mores, as dogmata; fo Theodoret obferued. That the fullefi fenfe may be this, Gods people muf be fo abhorrent from coil, both in Do5rine and manners, th,t the 'very /bewesof both fioulel be avoided. For fuller explication, vndetfland there is a two fold malice or cuilncffe real l ; one they call genericam ; the o- ther excircumfanti,i. Drunkenneffe, Whoredome, Ido- latry, &c. are in their whole kinde euill. Circumfiances aggrauate their hainoufneffe , alter not their nature. Sw aringby the N. :me ofG,d,is not (imply euill;yet may become euill by negle& of due circumflances. Betides theft realties of twill, there arc (hooves and ap- pearances of euill. Yo fit at meat in an Idols temple, is not (imply euill ; yet carries a fhrewd (hew of cuill : and giues occafi ó to the beholder,to fufpeí`t our ioyningwith Idolatersin their Idoli-worfhip : And fuch fiewes of culls ravel! our care be to auoid.On which ground Pavl refufeth maintenance at Corinth, toavoidfulpition of mercena rie,or couetous affeflion in Preaching: And in the abun- dance of Miniftration, de fires afociation of others for con- ueiance, that he might procure things honeff, i not one y in the fig ht of God,bvt of all men. So al.fo giues the precept, Rom I 2. 17. Bernard: reafon to Eugenitis isgood:by (hunningeuill things , wee prouide for confcience ; by avoiding ill fhowes, we fafe -gard out fame. It is true that 'Paul hat h, k Through good report, & ill report,lies our pafJàge to Flea- uen. Howbeit, that Jewel e.t.a good namemufl be prouided for:' We mull follow the things that are of good report.The rather, becaufe the credit of the Gofpel, much -what de- pends on the credit of thole that preach and profeffe it ; and 551 12 COI.$.tr. k z Cor.6.8. Yhil.q.s. Gtì;.
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